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esoneri LITTLE, o'rnUTHERFonD PA1i-1e'wl-nw JERSEY.

Lette/rs Patent No. 96,330, dated November 2, 186D. i?

APPARATUS PoR PERPRATING PAPER Ponk TLEGRAPHING.

T'Je Schedule teferredtojn these Letters Patent and making past-'ofthe same.

To all whom lit may concern.-

yBe it known that I GEORGE LITTL-Laot' Rutherford Park, in the county ot Bergen, and State ot' New Jerse '\',ha\"e invented and'made a new and useful Im- "pro\'ement in Pertorating or Embossing .lapcr tor Telegraphic Communications; and I do hereby declare the following to be a ful, clear, and exact description of'the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ot' this specification, wherein- Figure l is a side elevation of the [ninching-apparatos, partot' the frame heilig removed;

Figure 2 is a vertical section ot'the same, with the feed-magnet in elevation;

Figure 3 shows the reieizse side ot'the relieving-mag-r nets to that 1n iig. 1,1'e1resenting the circuit-clianger;

Figure 4 is a plaii of lie instrument below 'the line :z' iig. l

iigure 5 is aplan ot'a tablet; y

portion ot' the transmitting- Fignre 6 is an inverted planet1 a portion ot' said Figure 'l' is a vertical section ofthe same. Similar marks ot reference denote' the saine parts.V The object ot' this invention is to move the paper along by magnetism, independently ot' the perforation, which is also done by magnetism, so that the space between oneperlbration and the next is dependent upon one or more pulsations of electricity.

By this means the composing of a telegranji for tra-nsmission can be accomplished by the working ot two electric circuits by finger-keys, or otherwise, the one to perforate or emboss, the other to space. v

-lt also enables me to employ a composing-tablet, formed with a series of conductors lpassing to the punching and feeding-magnets, iu suoli alternations tliatthe drawing ot' a stile or conductor over saidcomposing-tablet, at thc part allottcdto the particular letter, will canse-the respective magnets to be operative, in suoli a .ma-nner as to produce tlie proper perforated or embossed'characters, with the requisite spaces for correctly designating the letter or character.

In the drawing, the trame a carries the feed-wheel b, that is made ot' ironor other material, wit-li serrated edges or other su' faces, to feed the paper, and between these edges is a deep groove.

Below themed-wheel is a standing column, b', hav

a die, c, at its upper end. o.

e is the yielding presser and` paper-guide, that keeps the strip of paper to the wheelb.

.1 l are guides on the edges of e, to keep the paper The spring 2 keeps the presser up to its place, and thepresser itself is on .the boss or collar 3, so that it may yield and accommodate itself to the wheel 'b andl 'lhe"tablet which Iemploy for transmitting pulsaf Arounftthe column bl is a sliding sleeve, f, with connect with a cross-bar {that isfiii, the groove ofthe c in pertbrating or embossing the paper, theupward movement being limited by adjustable screws 5, shown by dotted line in jig. 1.v Y

There isa smallspring clearing-plate, 4, around-thc die, to press the. paperioif the die, the latter rises.

Through a slot in. the column b, ,the lever g works freely, but is connected by a pn,;6, vto the said sleeve j, and Tjsthe fulerum lfor said lever y, the same being upon one ofthe poles (yf the magnet li.

in is the armature ot this magnet h, and It' k are the armatures of the magnet l. -The magnet l act-s to bring 'down thelevery, eylin`V der j, and punch t, and pei-ti-n'ate-the paper. The magnet- ]l nots instantly I position. 'V

This last-named operation is liwrfbrnnal by the ctr'- -by the lever g, so that wheuthe magnet l is chargedand draws-down the armatures lt, the .lever g moves the circuit-changer -n from the position shown `n figs. l and 3, and so that the end rises `intoeontact,with the collar 8, and this (mutation closes the circuit tlirongh the magnet-h, as hereafter shown.

-1n order t0 move the feed-wheel b, I employfa. magnet and swinging armature.

the wheel b and upon the axis 1F, of the wheel b, a yoke, p, is titted to swing, the same being drawn back proper point, hy the adjusting-screw 10, thatregulates of electricity"through the magnet o.

In the yoke p are the armature-clamps r, formed of iron or-steel plates. lheyaie s hryvn as each hung ou tnlcrum-pins, s, (see iig. 2,) so tli'atwhen the magnet ois charged, the clamps?" .areswung slightlyoii the yoke p, and that movetogether as tliearmature-clamps are drawn bodily toward the magnet o. f

' It will be seen, that when the wheel-.bv is ot' iron, the armature is made of three parts, the feed-wheelb'be coming a central portion tg the armature monocueaoh side, the parts becoming inagnetiaed by'ndueed clamp the feed-wheel by magnetic induetion,.-instead et' swinging, it' so desired.

the armatureclamps ouly'gact to clamp and-move the electricity, which' 'eau tipou titeV sides .of thetedfwheel.

arms f', that vcom euplon cach .side ofthe papeiyand wheel b, and carries tlie punch t, to act with the diel raise the Part to a normal cuit-changer n, that is formed byfa lever acted upon The poles 0, ofthe magnet o', stand on each side ot' 'I from the magnet by thespring q, and arrested, at thethe amount of'tlie feed of lthe paper, each pulsation pins s, and their edges grip the feed-wheelb and the.

magnetism, and the 'clamps -r might -slide edgewise to feed-wheel by tiictioii that'is increased bythe indi-iced n ses the armature-plates Ato press o malte spaces ot' len tions to the feeding and performing-magnets consists o1' a tablet, t, ot' non-conducting material, with `grooves or ranges otgroorcs.

I have shown two ranges and a portion of the table, and the respective grooves are allotted to letters or other characters, marked as seen in lig. 5.

liauges ot' holes are bored along these grooves, or

,ranges ot' conductors introduced inthe table. I have they connect, and kept entirely clear ot those with? which the other wires connect.

Then the current is closed through a screw, u, a pulsation goes tothe matnet to perforate the paper, and, when through-z', the pulsation goes through 4o to feed the paper, and these conductors u `and r are so disposed that the proper perbra-tions and spaces are produced to denote the given character or letter. Thus l a perforation.and then two pulsations ot'the teed malte two separate pertbrations; the alternate pulsations malte a dash; and more. than two 'pulsations through gth proportioned to the number of pulsations.

vln order to close thecircuit to the conductors u 1,'

l make use ot' a conductor or metal stylus, with a tiexible conductor The lower part of this stylus is shown in 7, at tu'.

C Jnc l ratter ,'wire and conductor c' go to the bindingserew 20; the other battery-wire connects with the metal frame a, at 21.

The binder a: connects with with 23. .g

The electricity goestroin 20, through c and w, to the conductors 4u or e, as the stylus is drawn over then.. When the current passes through a conductor, n, it goes by 1c to 23, which is insulated, through magnet l, to the i'rame a, them-e, by 2l, tu. the battery.-

The magnet l draws down g, punching the paper, lifting the circnit-changcw n, causing acmrent to pass from trame a, through y and n, insulated collar S,'con ductor Q4, also insulated, throue'h the magnet li, and thence to the insulated hinder 20, thus drawing down the. armature iu, lifting the punch, and restoring the and the binder w parts to their normal condition, also breaking the cir-V cuit by moving the changer a.

-When the stylus w' is in contactwith a conductor, i', the pu'lsation goes, through Av w' Ir x, to the insulated binding-screw 22, thence through the wire to the magnet o', moving tlie paper 'by the armature-clamp and iced-wheel; thence the electricity passes to the frame a, binder 2l, to the battery, withoutattccting the magnets h4 or I.

By this means the feed is effected by one magnet, thc punching by another, and the relieving ot' the punch by a third and self-acting magnet; and l remark that thc tabhzt is preferred for sending thc pulsations ot'` electricity', but a'double-acting .finger-key or two iinger--j keys, such as. shown in Figure 8', might be worked byl an experienced operator, or two binding-screws, -as in Figure 9, might be used, to be touched by the stylus w', alternately,or the tablet might be employed with some other arrangement of mechanism t'or pertbrating the. pape-r by the action of magnetism.

flhis tablet can stand on a pe'rsons desk, and ther composing-machine be in any desired distant place, thus giving great convenience in compr. sing telegrams. lhc armature-wheel' b, that moves the paper along bythe direct action ot' the magnetism, might have ratchet-teeth at its side, acted upon by pawls on the swinging armature 1i,I or the plate r may be loose, to

slidc in grooves and attach themselves to the wheel b, p,

by induced magnetism, simultaneously with the movement of the. armature, as it swings on the same axis asthe wheel b.

' The axis of the'swinging armature and clips may be` located ,on the line of the axis ot' the wheel baba@ separate from thc same.

What l claim, and desire. to secure by Letters Patent, is I l. A wheel for feeding along a strip ot paper to be pertbrated, in combination with an armature swinging on the saine axis as the tiled-wheel, and an clcctromagnet, substantially as set lorth.

2. The punch -i and presser-plate e, in combination with the feed-wheel die c, and slecvej, substantially as andior .the purposes set t'orth.

3. 'lhc magnets/L and l, arumged as spccilicihin combination with the levcrg, on the. fulcrmn 7,that is one pole oithe. magnet l1, and with the circuit changer a, substantially as aml t'or the purposes set forth. l

4. An apparatus for con'iposing tclcgraphic comune nieations, consisting of apniagnet, lever, punch, and die, to pertbrate or emboss the paper, in combination with aticthwhcel ami an electro-magnet, to movesaid Iced-wheel progressively, substantially as set forth.

5. Mcchanisnrtnr iccdingthe paper by magnetism, and mechanism actuatedby an electro-magnet, for peitbrating the papel', in combination with mechanismi'or closing thc circuits to the respective magnets in' such an alternate manner as to compose. atclegraphic,

conununication on a strip ol' papel', substantialb as sct=l 'orth.

(5. The tablet t, formed ol' conductors, arl edsnls stantially as set torth, in combination with movable stylus or circuit-closer that is to ,be moved, '.n contact with thc conductors ot'thc tablet, to prodncfi alternate pulsations ot' electricity 'for feeding the pipe' uml punching the same by magnetism.'

`In witness whereof', I have. hereunto set any signature, this 7th day of April, 186i). GEORGE LITTLE.

lVitnesscs:

Unas. H. Sm'rn, (1' no. T. inserisci'. 

